I have the same list as magicdownunder except with 3 skullcracks and 3 stoke the flames because I felt like I needed another flexible burn spell that could hit blood baron and other 4 toughness creatures.

The reckoners and the rams were for the mirror match which i heavily anticipated (3 other burn decks in the tournament) but i never faced one.
The 1 ofs I feel are flex spots but I really like banishing and pillar.

To all the Maze's End players with experience at a decent sized tourney, how important have Negates been? I'm working up a list to start playing at my local store and possibly Star City stuff in my area, and I'm curious how important they are main board. I also kind of want to run Azorius Charms in the board somewhere, maybe over Defend the Hearth. Anywho, this is what I have at the moment

Ive been playing this deck for a good month or two now and i do like negates in my sideboard as a 2 of because in the main board id rather have dedicated things to get me the win faster (card draw, sweepers, fog effects) game 1. As for the Azorious Charm i think its a bad decision, 2 of the 3 modes are relevant and you really want to maximize your cards potential as the game progresses. Thats why fog effects are so good, one card stops several cards (creatures and sometimes direct damage) but AZ charm just one for ones.

EDIT- I would consider Essence Scatter because it stops many problem creatures (except mist cutter) and gods.

@BK44
A friend and I were also experiencing the same thing yesterday and we call it the "Durrdle" effect. We were trying to figure out if there was anything that could help allievate that problem where you have all the right parts but missing that one thing to win either Maze's End, Fog effect, or sweeper. I completely agree with you in trying diabolic tutor. Probably replacing a divination for it (2 remaining in the deck).

Played in a TCG Gold today, went 4-2 in the Swiss placing 9th. I lost a match in 3 to Mono Blue due to mill Jace and me getting stuck on 3 lands for a while. Lost a match in 2 games to MBD after mulligans and hand disruption. Gary is a house that we need to worry about. Out of the three MBD that I faced today, two of them had problems getting Gary on time, but I was living on the edge. They had plenty of time and draw to get there but got unlucky.

After today I'll be sideboarding two Slaughter Games.

AGREED!

Funny I also played in a TCG GOLD today....:);)

Anyways I went 4-1-1 Beating Dega Midrange, Esper Control, 2 G/R Monsters and losing to W/R BURN. I got into top 8 but losing to the same guy running the W/R Burn deck. WTF!? I got 7th place.

@Coldlogik - Running Thassa was the only reason why I was running Domestication at the time, but since I dropped Thassa I didn't think i needed domestication. After last night though Im reconsidering the card for the aggro match.

I played this version of UB control last night. Went 2-3 Beating GR Monsters and White weenie but losing to 2 white weenie decks and a mono blue. I got really unlucky with my draws the games that I lost.

I have to say that Ashiok was great. Sometimes it whiffed on the mill but that was fine. Specter was also great vs aggro applying pressure form the skies and being a 2/3 for blocking. Dimir Charm was good, didn't see any sorceries but plenty of creatures and the last mode has potential in conjunction with Specter and Ashiok. Aetherling was AMAZING as always not a lot of players expected to see that card (or this build for that matter).

Ratchet Bomb seemed slow. Boros Charm was a punch in the gut in response to blowing up.

Notion Thief I never got to play. Lifebane Zombie was good against G/R Monsters and White Weenie, I really wish it had pro green and white rather than intimidate.

You can, and as far as I know you can sideboard with any of the cards you opened...

I had a guy who went to grab his side board, then said, "Actual, this is what I wanted to play" and proceeded to play the 2nd game with another deck he made with his packs. I don't think your supposed to do this but if not, watch out for stuff like this. This was my first event also.

Oh, and if the guy your playing in the last round before the top 8 start trying to tell you how this works and how where both probably not gonna make it in and this or that, tell him to stfu and play because hes trying to manipulate you.

You actually can have a side deck completely different from your first deck. Prerelease's dont enforce writing down decklists so your free to change between rounds/matches.

edit: Isn't Possibility Storm a hardlock with Curse of Exhaustion by itself? The first spell that triggers PS is cast, exiled, and they flip cards until they hit another of the same type. At that point, they have the choice to cast that spell or not, but they can't play a second. Right?